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Allo, it's Google: Artificial-intelligence messenger app learns what you're about to say

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The world got its first glimpse of Allo at Google's yearly I/O conference on Wednesday. Its creators hope the Android and iOS app will transcend similar services like Amazon Alexa, Facebook Messenger, and WhatsApp. Receiving a photo of clam linguini prompted Allo to offer responses like "Yummy!" and "I love linguini!" Known as Smart Reply, the feature may one day keep thumbs from worrying about autocorrect, as full conversations could be had at one tap per message. As Allo gets to "know" its user over time, other responses, such as "I wish I wasn't allergic," could conceivably be produced. The app will do more than just recognize images and suggest responses, however.


Google Assistant takes on Amazon and Apple to be the ultimate digital butler

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Google has joined the war to be your digital butler. Speaking to a packed amphitheater of developers here, Alphabet's flagship company on Wednesday unveiled a hot-rodded personal assistant it says will let people control their homes, book movies, search the internet, ask follow-up questions about an Italian restaurant and sort through dog pictures using voice commands. The salvo places Google in the middle of a contest among technology giants to build an artificial intelligence that hold consumers' hands as they navigate the real world. Perhaps with an eye towards modern politics, Google declined to give its personal aide a gendered name. Its main physical form is a small, white, buttonless speaker called Google Home. It looks similar to Amazon's Echo, its own smart speaker powered by Alexa.


Is it ethical to use AI everywhere? Will the future contain robotics?

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The science and technology wants to make our living easy but at the same time it is affecting our lifestyle and health. The scientists are curious beings and we know that but they are quite stubborn too when it comes to reaching their goals. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is cool if you think about it but at the same time it does have some drawbacks. Every technology has its cost like after sitting in air conditioner rooms we no longer are able to tolerate a bit of heat. Likewise invention of vehicles was needed to travel long distances but now people can't even walk a mile, nowadays everyone is using vehicles to reach very nearby places as well.


Google intros natural language AI known as The Google Assistant

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Google I/O opened with the tech giant launching a new social smart chat app called Allo. It's a mobile-only app that works just like Hangouts but it's "smarter" in a sense that it has a chat bot that will answer your queries when you have no one else to chat with. It's not a robot nanny but a chat assistant-slash-artificial intelligence that does smart search so you don't have to do it on your own. Just say'Ok Google' and see what The Google Assistant will serve up. Officially known as The Google Assistant, this concept is said to be more of an "ambient experience" according to Google CEO Sunday Pichai.


Google launched an AI tool that understands English...called Parsey McParseface

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Computers find it difficult to understand the English language. The U.S. search giant is releasing the code, a piece of software called SyntaxNet and Parsey McParseface for free for developers to use. Together, these pieces of software will allow a developer's program or app to understand written English, something that companies from Facebook to Google have placed great emphasis on. Google's move is significant because artificial intelligence (AI) and in particular, natural language understanding, is very difficult for computers and even harder for developers to code. By opening up the capabilities to do this, Google is giving these developers the chance to integrate natural language understanding into their apps.


Google I/O: Home speaker, Assistant AI, VR plans and more

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Yesterday was the first day of Google's annual I/O developer conference: its equivalent of Apple's WWDC in terms of revealing new products and services for the year ahead. While there were no direct news about the music aspects of Google Play and YouTube, there was plenty for the music industry to think about in Google's other announcements. Starting with Google Home, a connected speaker controlled by its owner's voice, which will compete directly with Amazon's Echo. The speaker will use the Google Cast technology to stream music, which means that services like Spotify will be supported alongside Google Play Music. Amazon's speaker has been a big hit in the US, and Google is training its sights squarely on the device.


Emily is a tough, remote-controlled robotic lifeguard

Engadget

The partnership was formed in 2001 to develop a drone that can monitor whales, but it continued to evolve until it led to Emily's creation. Emily's current iteration has two-way radios rescuers can use to talk with the people stranded in the water. It also has a video camera that sends live feeds to responders' phones and lights for night rescues. Emily can be thrown off helicopters and do just fine, thanks to its Kevlar and aircraft-grade composite components. The Navy recently demonstrated its latest version at the Naval STEM Expo and Sea-Air-Space Exposition on May 15th and 16th.


Google's self-driving car: How does it work and when can we drive one?

The Guardian

Google unveiled a brand new self-driving car prototype on Tuesday; the first company to build a car with no a steering wheel, accelerator or brake pedal. The car's arrival marks the next stage in Google's self-driving car project, which was born from the Darpa Grand Challenges for robotic vehicles in the early 2000s. Google kickstarted its own self-driving car project in 2008, and it has been rumbling on ever since, first with modified Toyota Prius and then with customised Lexus SUVs, which took the car's existing sensors, such as the cruise-control cameras, and added a spinning laser scanner on the top. It is the first truly driverless electric car prototype built by Google to test the next stage of its five-year-old self-driving car project. It looks like a cross between a Smart car and a Nissan Micra, with two seats and room enough for a small amount of luggage.


The Complete Guide to Google's Knowledge Graph

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SEO is a constant source of anxiety among business owners and marketers; especially in recent years, as Google has introduced and increased its focus on "contextual" search. The Knowledge Graph is one of the best examples, because it presents a tremendous opportunity for quicker and more detailed viewer engagement--but only if you know how it works and how to get yourself listed. With the above in mind, in this article we'll go over what the Knowledge Graph is, why it should matter to you, and how to best optimize your website for inclusion. The Knowledge Graph is a knowledge base used by Google. It was created in 2012 by Google so that it could better understand the world the way people do by using entity-based searches.